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Template:On this day/January 30

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'''[[January 30]]''':
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*[[1699]] &ndash; '''[[First Spanish period]]''': French ships under [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] left Spanish-occupied [[Pensacola Bay]], going westward to found [[Wikipedia:Louisiana (New France)|French Louisiana]].*[[1871]] &ndash; A joint resolution of Congress granted the '''[[Pensacola & Barrancas Railroad Company]]''' an easement through the [[Navy Yard]] reservation.*[[1903]] &ndash; Five tons of condemned dynamite was were detonated near '''[[Fort Pickens]]''', about a mile away from the battery. The resulting explosion created a hole "large enough to hide a house" on the beach and was felt across [[Pensacola Bay]] in the city, cracking plaster and shattering windows.*[[2001]] &ndash; A special '''[[Municipal election, 2001|municipal election]]''' was held in the [[City of Pensacola]].

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